Lacing-tip.



F. A. STEVENS.

VLAcmG UP.

APPLICATION FILED. )AN-16.1918.

Patented Apr. 23,1918.

FREDERICK A. STEVENS, 0F PROVIDENCE, B11-IODE ISLAND.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jnpr.. 23, ild.

Application led January 16, 1918. Serial No. 212,126.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, FREDERICK A. STE- vnivs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lacing-Tips, ot which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shoe laces, corset laces and the like, and more particularly to the tips or insertible ends thereof.

The essential objects of my invention are to provide a stili' lace end adapted ior facile insertion into eyelets; to prevent fraying or raveling ol' the lace covering; to insure against accidental removal or loss; and to present to the eye a minimum of metal without sacriiicing the stiffness and rigidity necessary for facile insertion; also cheapness of construction.

To the accomplishment of the recited objects and others coordinate therewith, the preferred embodiment of my invention resides in the construction and arrangement shown in the accompanying drawings, hereinatter described, and embraced in the scope of the appended claims.

in said drawings, which form a part of. this specilication,

Figure l is a longitudinal section, partially in side elevation, of a length of lacing material in its initial stage oi construction, constituting the core,

Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same including the fabric covering,

Fig. 3, a like elevation of a shortened length of the same,

Fig. 4, a similar view or' said length provided with tips and constituting the completed lace, and

Fig. 5, a longitudinal section of one ot the tips.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views.

rlhe construction of my device is as follows: Several fabric threads or strands d are assembled in contact and parallelism with each other forming a body A. At suitable intervals the strands are tightly embraced or clamped by a sleeve B ot stiff or comparatively non flexible material, preterably of liber or metal. ln the present instance the binding members are strips ot metal bound tightly around the body with their edges in contact or overlapping to form a longitudinally split sleeve. The member thus tar described, and shown in Fig. l, constitutes a core or body over which is braided or woven a tubular fabric covering (I, as shown in Fig. 3.

The described strip is now transversely severed at some point intermediate the length of the sleeve B. The separation is so made that at each end ont the resultant length there shali be a` substantial portion of the stift' element B.

A cap or ierrule l) oi less length than the member B comprises a side wall al and an end wall c. This is next applied at each end of the length by swaging or otherwise forcing the side wall Z thereof into the covering C so that the retracted or project-ing portion f oi' the wall forms an indentation g in the` covering and a corresponding indentation 7L in the member B, thus making removal diiiicult. rEhe linal form of the end c of the cap is preferably conical to facilitate insertion.

.l claim l. In a lacing, the combination of a flexible body, rigid sleeves upon the ends ot the body, a continuous tubular textile inclosing both the body exterior o t. the sleeves and the sleeves, and ferrules o1- less length than the sleeves embracing the sheath and sleeves.

2. ln a lacing, the combination of fabric strands, rigid sleeves, spaced from each other on the strands and provided with depressions, a tubular textile sheath embracing the strands exterior ot the sleeves and the sleeves, ierrulcs on the ends of the sheath, and projections on the ferrules registering in the depressions in the sleeves.

3. The process of making a lacing consisting in assembling a plurality of fabric strands in a body of, indefinite length, clamping around upon the body thus assembled at regular intervals rigid sleeves, next surrounding the body between the sleeves and the sleeves themselves in a continuous textile sheath, next transversely severing the described member at intermediate portions otl the sleeves, and finally clamping 'ferrules over the ends oft' the severed portions.

ln testimony whereof l have aiixed my signature.

FREDERICK A. STEVENS.

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